what we were trying to do this week was to jump start, trying to kick into gear, some action by the senate to avert the tax increases going into effect john 1st. >> there is blame game going on, you have the senate majority leader harry reid pointing the finger at speaker boehner say that was a political stunt, plan "b" saying it was a waste of a week of critical time. bottom line, the discussions between the white house and top leaders on capitol hill need to go somewhere in a hurry. >>gregg: recrimination is a blood sport on capitol hill so we will see. speaker boehner, is his job on the line after the failure of his plan "b"? >> i have talked to numerous rank and file republicans who strongly back speaker boehner to be speaker of the house. the timing is not great because if he wishes to continue on in the next congress he needs to win re-election as house speaker so there is public humiliation, timing could have been better on that front. bottom line, a fellow ohio republican has his back. >> it is not repudiation of the leadership, this is the wording 50 knuckle heads all year, the en